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KJA 8

Text Information

Siglum
KJA 8
Transliteration
nk rhs¹n bnʾ{l} (or bn ʾ{l})
Translation
Rhs¹n had sex with Bnʾ{l} or Rhs¹n son of ʾ{l} had sex

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
King (1990: 178) commented: "Below the end of KJA 7. Most of the r is covered by hammering, one of the prongs of the ʾ is faint and part of the l is covered by an abrasion. rhs¹n is not in Harding 1971. rhs¹ occurs in KJA 6 on this rock. For nk, see Ch. 4.E.2. The text is ambiguous as either bnʾ l is the object of Rhs¹n’s passion or the letters should be read as bn ʾl, ‘son of ʾl’".

Original Reading Credit
King 1990: 178
Original Translation Credit
King 1990: 178

  • Harding, G.L. An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Arabian Names and Inscriptions. (Near and Middle East Series, 8). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971.
  • King, G.M.H. Early North Arabian Thamudic E. A preliminary description based on a new corpus of inscriptions from the Ḥismā desert of southern Jordan and published material. Ph.D thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1990. [Unpublished]. 1990.
Site
Wādī Ǧudayyid site A, Al-‘Aqabah Governorate, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Genealogy, Sexual references
Script
Hismaic
Old OCIANA ID
#0047681
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